Smart move on the cheaper route. You're still young. Plus, depending on what you're gonna go to college for, you might not have any time to go play with your lifted rig while in school. I know my last couple years, I didn't have time for stuff like that. I drove a Mazda 626 in college so I had to live vicariously through my friends that had trucks.
And you'll be using all your extra money in college to buy bee...... uh.... candy and soda pop! And being that it's a pickup, you'll be everyone's favorite for hauling the candy and soda pop! I know I unloaded up a few pickups that were loaded down to their bumpstops with soda!